scholarly journals Quantifying the impacts of climate variation, damming, and flow regulation on river thermal dynamics: a case study of the Włocławek Reservoir in the Vistula River, Poland

2022 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Yang ◽  
Shiqiang Wu ◽  
Xiufeng Wu ◽  
Mariusz Ptak ◽  
Xudong Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Temperature ◽  
River Water ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Flow Regulation ◽  
Climate Variation ◽  
Hydroelectric Power ◽  
Thermal Dynamics ◽  
Vistula River ◽  
The Impact ◽  
River Water Temperature

Abstract Background River damming inevitably reshapes water thermal conditions that are important to the general health of river ecosystems. Although a lot of studies have addressed the damming’s thermal impacts, most of them just assess the overall effects of climate variation and human activities on river thermal dynamics. Less attention has been given to quantifying the impact of climate variation, damming and flow regulation, respectively. In addition, for rivers that have already faced an erosion problem in downstream channels, an adjustment of the hydroelectric power plant operation manner is expected, which reinforces the need for understanding of flow regulation’s thermal impact. To fill this gap, an air2stream-based approach is proposed and applied at the Włocławek Reservoir in the Vistula River in Poland. Results In the years of 1952–1983, downstream river water temperature rose by 0.31 ℃ after damming. Meanwhile, the construction of dam increased the average annual water temperature by 0.55 ℃, while climate change oppositely made it decreased by 0.26 ℃. In addition, for the seasonal impact of damming, autumn was the most affected season with the warming reached 1.14 ℃, and the least affected season was winter when water temperature experienced a warming of 0.1 ℃. The absolute values of seasonal average temperature changes due to flow regulation were less than 0.1 ℃ for all the seasons. Conclusions The impacts of climate variation, damming, and flow regulation on river water temperatures can be evaluated reasonably on the strength of the proposed methodology. Climate variation and damming led to general opposite impacts on the downstream water temperature at the Włocławek Reservoir before 1980s. It is noted that the climate variation impact showed an opposite trend compared to that after 1980s. Besides, flow regulation below dam hardly affected downstream river water temperature variation. This study extends the current knowledge about impacts of climate variation and hydromorphological conditions on river water temperature, with a study area where river water temperature is higher than air temperature throughout a year.

scholarly journals Exploring and Quantifying River Thermal Response to Heatwaves

Water ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1098 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastiano Piccolroaz ◽  
Marco Toffolon ◽  
Christopher Robinson ◽  
Annunziato Siviglia
Keyword(s):  
Water Temperature ◽  
River Water ◽  
Thermal Response ◽  
Hydrological Regime ◽  
Management Policy ◽  
Extreme Weather Events ◽  
Thermal Dynamics ◽  
Depth Analysis ◽  
River Water Temperature

Most of the existing literature on river water temperature focuseds on river thermal sensitivity to long-term trends of climate variables, whereas how river water temperature responds to extreme weather events, such as heatwaves, still requires in-depth analysis. Research in this direction is particularly relevant in that heatwaves are expected to increase in intensity, frequency, and duration in the coming decades, with likely consequences on river thermal regimes and ecology. In this study we analyzed the long-term temperature and streamflow series of 19 Swiss rivers with different hydrological regime (regulated, low-land, and snow-fed), and characterized how concurrent changes in air temperature and streamflow concurred to affect their thermal dynamics. We focused on quantifying the thermal response to the three most significant heatwave events that occurred in Central Europe since 1950 (July–August 2003, July 2006, and July 2015). We found that the thermal response of the analyzed rivers contrasted strongly depending on the river hydrological regime, confirming the behavior observed under typical weather conditions. Low-land rivers were extremely sensitive to heatwaves. In sharp contrast, high-altitude snow-fed rivers and regulated rivers receiving cold water from higher altitude hydropower reservoirs or diversions showed a damped thermal response. The results presented in this study suggest that water resource managers should be aware of the multiple consequences of heatwave events on river water temperature and incorporate expected thermal responses in adaptive management policy. In this respect, additional efforts and dedicated studies are required to deepen our knowledge on how extreme heatwave events can affect river ecosystems.

scholarly journals Basic Parameters of the Thermal Regime of Rivers in the Vistula River Catchment

2010 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 185-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monika Oksiuta
Keyword(s):  
Water Temperature ◽  
River Water ◽  
Thermal Regime ◽  
Measurement Data ◽  
Natural Variability ◽  
Stream Network ◽  
River Catchment ◽  
Vistula River ◽  
Basic Parameters ◽  
River Water Temperature

Abstract Seasonal and multi-annual variability of river water temperature has been analysed based on data from 24 gauge stations of the IMGW network. It has been characterised by means of several values of the thermal regime parameters: mean annual, semi-annual (November-April, May-October) and amplitude. The variability of water temperature in the catchment and in the stream network has been estimated. Measurement data included seven stations at the Vistula river. On the background of natural variability, rivers or their segments have been distinguished where water temperature is impacted by anthropopressure.

STUDY ON CHANGING IN RIVER WATER TEMPERATURE IN KYUSYU REGION

2018 ◽  
Vol 74 (5) ◽  
pp. I_79-I_84
Author(s):  
Yoji NODA ◽  
Tomoko MINAGAWA ◽  
Hidetaka ICHIYANAGI ◽  
Akihiko KOYAMA
Keyword(s):  
Water Temperature ◽  
River Water ◽  
River Water Temperature

scholarly journals Controls on Arctic glacier-fed river water temperature

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 499-514 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Mellor ◽  
Stephen J. Dugdale ◽  
Grace Garner ◽  
Alexander M. Milner ◽  
David M. Hannah
Keyword(s):  
Water Temperature ◽  
River Water ◽  
Arctic Glacier ◽  
River Water Temperature

scholarly journals Changes in the Water Temperature of Rivers Impacted by the Urban Heat Island: Case Study of Suceava City

Water ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 1343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrei-Emil Briciu ◽  
Dumitru Mihăilă ◽  
Adrian Graur ◽  
Dinu Iulian Oprea ◽  
Alin Prisăcariu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Water Temperature ◽  
Urban Heat Island ◽  
River Water ◽  
Air Temperature ◽  
Stream Water ◽  
Heat Island ◽  
Urban Heat ◽  
The City ◽  
River Water Temperature

Cities alter the thermal regime of urban rivers in very variable ways which are not yet deciphered for the territory of Romania. The urban heat island of Suceava city was measured in 2019 and its impact on Suceava River was assessed using hourly and daily values from a network of 12 water and air monitoring stations. In 2019, Suceava River water temperature was 11.54 °C upstream of Suceava city (Mihoveni) and 11.97 °C downstream (Tişăuţi)—a 3.7% increase in the water temperature downstream. After the stream water passes through the city, the diurnal thermal profile of Suceava River water temperature shows steeper slopes and earlier moments of the maximum and minimum temperatures than upstream because of the urban heat island. In an average day, an increase of water temperature with a maximum of 0.99 °C occurred downstream, partly explained by the 2.46 °C corresponding difference between the urban floodplain and the surrounding area. The stream water diurnal cycle has been shifted towards a variation specific to that of the local air temperature. The heat exchange between Suceava River and Suceava city is bidirectional. The stream water diurnal thermal cycle is statistically more significant downstream due to the heat transfer from the city into the river. This transfer occurs partly through urban tributaries which are 1.94 °C warmer than Suceava River upstream of Suceava city. The wavelet coherence analyses and ANCOVA (analysis of covariance) prove that there are significant (0.95 confidence level) causal relationships between the changes in Suceava River water temperature downstream and the fluctuations of the urban air temperature. The complex bidirectional heat transfer and the changes in the diurnal thermal profiles are important to be analysed in other urban systems in order to decipher in more detail the observed causal relationships.

Prediction of river water temperature: a comparison between a new family of hybrid models and statistical approaches

2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (21) ◽  
pp. 3901-3917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastiano Piccolroaz ◽  
Elisa Calamita ◽  
Bruno Majone ◽  
Aurélien Gallice ◽  
Annunziato Siviglia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Water Temperature ◽  
River Water ◽  
Hybrid Models ◽  
New Family ◽  
Statistical Approaches ◽  
River Water Temperature
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